In this latest episode of the BoardHawk podcast, co-hosts Alan Gottlieb and Alexis Menocal Harrigan discuss the state of the four races for Denver Public Schools board seats.
Podcast episode 25: Ballots drop next week. What’s the state of the DPS board races? Read More »
The SHIFT Chronicles is a monthly feature dedicated to amplifying student voices, where those most impacted by the public education system share their thoughts, reflections, and experiences. In collaboration with FaithBridge SHIFT fellows, these commentaries offer a genuine glimpse into the challenges students are facing within our city’s schools. These students represent a diverse range of schools across the city, each with distinct cultures and expectations, yet all united under the DPS banner. A special thank you to all the student writers who contributed their entries. This month’s entries focus on student views of the appropriate role of the Denver school board.
SHIFT Chronicles: Student views on the proper role of a school board Read More »
In this episode, Transform Education (TEN) Now Executive Director Nicholas Hernández discusses with hosts Alexis Menocal Harrigan and Alan Gottlieb the records of Denver school board candidates (and incumbents) Xóchitl Gaytán, Michelle Quattlebaum, and Scott Esserman. These three incumbents are running for reelection. We would have preferred to interview them, as we have most other candidates. They have served during one of the more tumultuous times in Denver Public Schools board history. They have been in the middle of multiple controversies, and they have a lot of explaining to do. But all three refused to come on the podcast, or to attend TEN community forums. So we examine their records without their participation.
I might not agree with the change you seek. But I do agree that you should be allowed to safely seek it. We aren’t there anymore.
We are not modeling civil disagreement for our children Read More »
The Denver school board majority’s newly revealed effort to hide deliberations about the superintendents contract extension could be about to backfire. It should.
Once again, the Denver school board’s shameless majority disrespects the public Read More »
In this episode of the Boardhawk podcast, hosts Alexis Menocal Harrigan and Alan Gottlieb have an in-depth discussion on 2025 state test score results for Denver with educational consult and data expert Maya Lagana. While there are some sings of post-pandemic improvement, the data show that low-income students of color in Denver Public Schools continue to struggle academically, and achievement gaps have widened substantially since CMAS’ first year, 2017.
From Boardhawk columnist Dr. Aaron Massey: Here are a few things that are truly happening in education that are impacting its current state of affairs.
The state of public education at the dawn of a new year Read More »
I have decided to not participate in this year’s school board election, having followed and/or been involved in some way in more than a dozen such elections over the last 20 years. I will not contribute money to any campaigns, do any fundraising or any other work on any school board races. Instead, I want to do more observation, learning, and reflection as a grizzled old public education advocate.
A grizzled veteran’s long view of 2025 Denver school board races Read More »
instead of just learning about their theoretical stances that they squeezed into whatever political box was closest to them , there are additional questions that we should be asking candidates to better understand how school board candidates plan on being productive in the seat.
At a time when the country is run by a president and administration who are demonstrably racist, savaging people on racial grounds with whom you have minor differences is self-destructive in the extreme.
